Garment-press



.I. G. JOHNSON.

GARMENT PRESS. 'AP'LICATION FILED JUNE 28, 99.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMESG. JOHNSDN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-PRESS.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Application filed'Jne 28, 1919. Serial No. 307,271.

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to appliances for pressing or smoothing out trousers, and its object is to provide a Very simple and eiiicient appliance for this purpose by the use of which the garment is perfectly smoothed out and pressed and a perfect crease is left the entire length of 'the garment legs.

The object stated is attained by *means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of one section of the device;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the other section; r

Fig. ::lis a top plan view of the secondmentioned section;

Fig. 4: is a central longitudinal section of the device;

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are plan views of certain pads or facing sheets;

Fig. 8 is a cross section of the device, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a special clamping bolt.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the body of the press is composed of two sections 10 and 11, respectively adapted to be positioned in face-to-face relation, with the garment therebetween, so that when the two sections are forced toward each other, the garment is smoothed and pressed. The two sections are similar in shape, and each is made of wall-board or any other light material having slight fieXibilit-y.

The section 10 is reinforced by rigid longitudinal strips 12 adjacent to its longitudinal edges, and similar reinforcing strips 13 are provided' for the section 11, the latter section also having a central longitudnal reinforcing strip 14. These renforcng strips are on the outer faces of the sections. Before the strips 13 and 14 are applied, a plate 15, shorter than the section 11, is mounted on the outer face of the latter, on top of which plate the strips 13 'the seat of the garment.

and 14: are Secured, whereby the latter-are spaced at one end from the outer face of' the section 11 a distance corresponding to the thickness of the plate' 15.

i The section 10 is provided with cross bars 16 Secured to the strips 12, and the section 11 has cross bars 17 Secured to the strips 13 and 14. These cross bars project from the longitudinal edges of the sections 10 and 11, and the cross bars of the respective sections are in alinement. The cross bars 17 at one of the projecting ends thereof, Carry clamping bolts 18 which extend through end Slots 19 in the correspondng projecting ends of the cross bars 16 and are 'fitted with wing nuts 20. The bolts 18 are fixed to the cross bars 17 by lock nuts 21, with a washer- 22 under the latter. At the other ends of the -cross bars 17 are longitudinal Slots 23 to receive special clamping bolts 24. Each of these bolts has a squarcd neck 25 seating in a slot 23 and thus preventing the bolt from turning. Then, a rubber Washer 26 is applied, and next a lock nut 27, and after passing the bolt shank through the end slot 19 in the corresponding end of the cross bar 16, a wing nut 28 is applied. The object of the elastic washers 26 is to enable the bolts 24: to be pulled away out of the Slots 19 to permit the section 10 to be slipped on that side away from the section 11 for separation of the press when the garmentis to be inserted or removed. The heads of the bolts 24: are shown at 29. Upon tightening up the wng nuts 20 and 28, the sections 10 and 11 are drawn together to press the garment therebetween in an obvious manner.

At one end of the section 11 is made a recess 30 to accommodate the thicker portion of the garment at the side of the pockets and the crotch, and on the inner face of said section is Secured a sheet 31 of blotting paper or other soft absorbent material. This sheet is split as shown at 32 so that this portion may sink into the recess 30. In using the device the section 11 will be at the bottom, and the garment is placed on the sheet 31.

Between the legs of the garment is inserted a pad 33 of blotting paper or similar soft absorbent material. This pad is cut out at 34: forming a recess to accommodate This allows spacing for the extra thickness of the garment etc., but when a smaller sized garment is to bepressed, an extra and movable' length of pa& 35 is rovid d to -th the fold ini the seat. The press s therefore adapted to various szes of garments.

The inne'r face of the top section l` has z' plaine'over =`sheet` 36 of' the same material as the sheet 31. I i

By the structure hereinbefore described ifiect the pressure on the garment, as the i entire -V surface of the garment; .The i iabsections `10` and ll-` become` slightly bowed toward each\ other When they are clamped,

and. an even pressu-re is exerted over the sorbent sheets betweenwhich the; garment liestkeup the moistureand dust from the ;`garmentafter it is spongedand placed in a i r togethenand a faong of absorbent material on the .inneri faces* of thesections, the faoing over the ztiforesaid recessed; portion of one seeton extending into the recess.

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The l'ongtuhnalstrps 12, .l3 and 14 are ,rigd and extend 'throughout the entire length of the -press, andthey arelocated i german over the crezse of the garment legs.

Theposition of the strips is such .that the' pressure is directly on the ere-ase and not on wonlct'show throu h on the other side of "the trouser, legs. between `the garment legs, hoth legs` are rpressed separately and a perfect crease the y plaeng the pad 33 full length Offezch leg is obtained.

It Will be notedthat the strip, 14 is thcker than, the strips 13, and it is recesseL to seat the cross ibars-il7 i Theelastie .washers 26 'alsoserve tostpport the bolts? iduringtheir i swi ngng :moi tion so thatfther necks; 254Wi11 not drop i ?out of the Slots-23.

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pressior trousers, comprising fiexible top and. bottom sections, rigcl rlaterally spaced strips on the outside of the sections, one of theseetions b engspaced at 'onen end from' the Istripson said section, andhaving its nnere fa ce recessed; at the' opposite end 'to iaoeomnodate;aithcker portion ofthe garment, means for drawing the sections t In testimony Whereof I afiixmy Signature.

' JAMES G. `JO`HNSON. 

